This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The First Week of November 2006

Xerox Printers Get Lower Price, Higher Speeds Xerox Launches Its Most Affordable Desktop Color Multifunction Printer Priced to Replace Business Inkjet Printers. Small business products deliver advanced features starting at $349, black-and-white printing from $179. WILSONVILLE, OR, November 3, 2006 - For less than the cost of one front-row ticket to a Rolling Stones concert, small businesses can invest in something worth a whole lot more for their future - the latest high-quality color laser

I just visited a dealer in the greater Boston area and he carries the Ricoh WF, Xerox WF, KIP WF and KM WF. I have seen a 240W labeled Toshiba and he mentioned that he also has seen a 240W labeled with Toshiba!! Here in CT we see it labeled as Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner, Lanier, GEI, and once as Toshiba.

costs 53,834 69,428 113,306 143,145 Retail service costs 72,751 74,913 148,985 156,159 Retail supplies and rental costs, including depreciation on rental assets 8,741 10,654 17,773 21,754 Wholesale costs 15,953 15,884 35,481 35,475 --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total cost of sales 151,279 170,879 315,545 356,533 --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Gross profit 73,491 81,912 156,822 175,394 Operating expenses: Selling, general and administrative expenses

PHOENIX, November 1, 2006 – Sharp Document Solutions Company of America (SDSCA) today announced that it has established a direct regional sales operation through its new division, Sharp Business Systems. The first branch, Sharp Business Systems of Arizona, opened today. The Company plans to establish more than 20 local Sharp Business Systems branches during the next few years. “Sharp Business Systems will help Sharp continue to grow the business and strengthen Sharp’s distribution in key

monitor, manage and configure the print server, print jobs and scanned images. In addition, the KM-3650w ships with a print controller interface client tool that allows customers to print jobs to the device without launching the application the document was created in. Availability The KM-3650w is available through authorized Kyocera Mita America dealers at an MSRP of $16,495.00. To find the nearest dealer, visit Kyocera Mita America's dealer locator at www.kyoceramita.com .

their document processing needs in-house, saving them significant time, money and space." Kyocera KM3650W

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new the new Ricoh AC205L. The AC205 was previously launched some time ago. However, within the sales materials, Brochure, Sales Information Guide, etc., we have combined both products, the AC205L and AC205. The AC205L is exactly the same machine but does not include the NIC interface. Therefore the only difference between the two units is that the AC205L does not have any network connectivity. With AC104 and AC204 being discontinued the AC

/publication/graphic arts markets almost exclusively. They do alot of work with software and modifying Main Source Codes and Controller software. They even designed and built the first large format ,18 x 24, laser printer based on a Mita box and then a Canon box.They are located in Canton, OH and are a nationwide sales and service organization. Anybody in the advertising and newspaper industries knows of GEI.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ricoh Web Site: www.ricoh-usa.com CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Laura Bower Ricoh Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6127 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com lbower@peppercom.com RICOH CORPORATION NAMED TO INFORMATIONWEEK 500 FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR West Caldwell, NJ, October 31, 2006 – InformationWeek Magazine has selected Ricoh Corporation to its InformationWeek 500, a prestigious listing of the most innovative users of information technology in the

If anyone has any of these controllers please let me know. Thanks,

Could be a rumor, would they keep all three or would they drop someone?

I never realized how many products Canon has, along with all the partners! Here is the link, dual line dealers are welcome! Print 4 Pay Hotel Canon

We are approximatly eight to nine months out for the next generation of the 240W. I don't know much about any new features. Color Scanning is critcal feature for the next gen system. Users would love to be able to scan color wide format (since 80% of our customers have color plotters in house)and then forward them via email or use an ASP for document collaboration. It was recently mentioned that Ricoh will be partnering with Vidar or Graphtec (I'm not sure which one) for color scanner

Ricoh is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Ricoh Aficio MP 2510/MP 3010 Digital Imaging Systems. Built on the strong features of its predecessor, the Aficio MP 2510/MP 3010 Series offers all of the functions of the Aficio 3025/3030 Series. This new series allows Ricoh to provide more affordable and flexible printing solutions, while still maintaining all the innovation and dependability of the Aficio 3025/3030 series. Our redesigned “Print Only” configuration includes 384MB RAM

I agree. How about a color multifunctional wide format system using the gelsprinter technology? Come on Ricoh!! You have the technology. Just stop giving it away to other manufacturers. Just a rant here but did they trade the 3131 with Toshiba for the MP 9000-1350 series? If so, you got old technology and gave away our high volume edge. Or how about IBM getting it too. Give us the wide format we need. We sold the 240W for you and made that product #1. Let us do it again with the right product

My territory, the large Xerox dealer never took on the Ricoh line, however still have comp from RBS, Lanier and others. Art

You asked if any one knew any Australian Dealers we are in Sunshine Coast Queensland and found out about this site about 3 months ago , have since kept in touch and checked out site for all sorts of info. If I can be of any help please make contact. We might be a bit odd as we are both Kyocera dealer and Ricoh. As Kyocera are just launching the re-badged Kip plan printer your article was very interesting. Unfortunately Ricoh DO NOT sell the plan printers through their dealer network yet only

We are fairly new to the wide format world, but it truly looks like we have a leg up on the competition. The Xerox with the "removeable" scanner was fascinating.

Bottom line, The copier manufacturers are in the business of manufacturing copiers. Dealers are in the business of selling copiers. Mfgs panic anytime they see their inventory exceed certain levels and do all they can to continue manufacturing at consistant levels. When inventory exceeds preset levels, what do they do? they seek other methods of distribution to move equipment. Look at car manufacturing in the US, they will offer all kinds of incentives to their current dealers to move machines

Just to let you know the Xerox 6204 is going to be available with the Axcess (YKE) controller. This is the same controller that drives most of the other Xerox WF products. This controller blows away any embedded controller and is a real proven product. Mike

ease of use: medium FCOT: Slow Copy Quality: Acceptable The only place I saw this config was at Ricoh Corp in NJ. I am going on memory, however I was not impressed with the FCOT. But then you are scanning from one piece of hardware and printing on another, it should be slower than an MFP.

Intrinsyc Software International Inc. http://www.intrinsyc.com WHAT IT DOES It develops mobility software and services for mobile handset and wireless device manufacturers. (number of employees: 160) EVENT 11-02-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Sales and Technical Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support a field sales force

The finisher is in the upper area of the inside of the device. It will staple 30 pages but has no offset sort, only standard sorting. The cost per page is .012007 That is the dealer cost for service and supplies. Probably mark up to .02 You don't add individual components, you order the unit preconfigured. The XS model has all the bells and whistles. A Ricoh 3030sp is competetive with the XS version. You'll get it on the CPP. FYI Does have quite a long warmup period. The scanning is nifty yet

marketing. PARTNERS none stated PEOPLE Glenn R. Rink Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Rodolfo Manzone Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Lane J. Castleton Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Lee Michlin Director of Sales Lorenzo Salvade Director of Business Development OFFICE(S) AbTech Industries Inc. 4110 N. Scottsdale Road Suite 235 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Toll Free: 800-545-8999 Phone: 480-874-4000

2online.com Kevin C. Wells President and Chief Operating Officer Keith Geck Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing OFFICE(S) go2 Systems Inc. 18400 Von Karman Suite 610 Irvine, CA 92612 Phone: 949-553-0800 Fax: 949-553-0088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GoFish Corporation (formerly Unibio Inc.) http://www.gofish.com WHAT IT DOES It provides an online video destination for user-generated video. EVENT 10-31-2006-$12 million in a private placement

Solicore Inc. http://www.solicore.com WHAT IT DOES It develops, manufactures and markets ultra-thin, flexible lithium polymer batteries for the smart card, RFID and medical device markets. EVENT 11-02-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities equipment and systems for operational requirements Steven Landau is the new Vice President of Sales. PARTNERS Air Products

Biofisica Inc. http://www.biofisica.com WHAT IT DOES It develops solutions for chronic wound healing within the tissue engineering market. EVENT 10-31-2006-$5 million in a Series A round of financing OPPORTUNITIES company expects funds to be used for... launching its product initial regulatory filings in the U.S. expanding its management team in both the UK and the U.S. growing its product pipeline potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support growth in target markets

GetConnected Inc. http://www.getconnected.com WHAT IT DOES It provides a transaction processing platform that enables retailers, e-tailers and call centers to digitally sell video, voice, data and entertainment services. EVENT 10-30-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities brand management and advertising services products and services to support growth in

Ah! It's good to live in New Jersey! I can't say that I'll say that too often. Wide Format Monster Garage came to the Crown Point Hotel in New Jersey yesterday. There were two four hour work shops. We had the KIP3000, Xerox 6204, OCETDS320 and our beloved 240W. All of them were connected and ready to go. We were able to perform hands on tests for copying, printing and scanning. It was awesome! At one point in time we were the only player in the digital low end wide format market. As time came

IRVINE, Calif., (Oct. 30, 2006) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today launched the e-STUDIO™901/1101/1351 series, a high-volume monochrome digital multifunction product (MFP) with optional network printing and scanning capabilities. Leveraging Toshiba’s technology leadership, the e-STUDIO901/1101/1351 gives users complete access to its network through a large 10.4” Super VGA TFT (thin film transistor) LCD remote Touch Screen Control Panel that sits above the copier at eye level

Open Biosystems Inc. http://www.openbiosystems.com WHAT IT DOES It develops, manufactures and markets genomic research tools to scientists and researchers in corporate, academic and government laboratories. EVENT 11-02-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales and Marketing OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities products and services to support increased marketing activities; services may include PR

Single Source Systems Inc. http://www.singlesrc.com WHAT IT DOES It develops and supports service management software for companies that manufacture, sell, install or service technical or industrial products. (number of employees: 50) EVENT 11-01-2006-Announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Sales OPPORTUNITIES potential opportunity to provide... products and services to support increased sales activities sales training programs software and systems specific to the sales function

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